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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.11.8
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 8
- laghūni vai samāmnātā
- daśa pañca ca nāḍikā
- te dve muhūrtaḥ praharaḥ
- ṣaḍ yāmaḥ sapta vā nṛṇām
laghūnisuch laghus (each of two minutes) — such laghus (each of two minutes); vaiexactly — exactly; samāmnātāis called — is called; daśafifteen pañcafifteen — fifteen; caalso — also; nāḍikāa nāḍikā — a nāḍikā; teof them — of them; dvetwo — two; muhūrtaḥa moment — a moment; praharaḥthree hours — three hours; ṣaṭsix — six; yāmaḥone fourth of a day or night — one fourth of a day or night; saptaseven — seven; vāor — or; nṛṇāmof human calculation — of human calculation.
Fifteen laghus make one nāḍikā, which is also called a daṇḍa. Two daṇḍas make one muhūrta, and six or seven daṇḍas make one fourth of a day or night, according to human calculation.